Duncan Gordon CAMERON

CAMERON, Duncan Gordon

Service Number: 287418
Enlisted: 16 July 1925
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew)
Born: Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1903
Home Town: Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pilot
Died: Aircraft accident, Mount Bundy, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 April 1942, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
Q.A.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

16 Jul 1925: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAAF Point Cook
16 Jul 1925: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 287418
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 287418
21 Apr 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Duncan and Catherine Cameron

Husband of Rita Mary Cameron of Newtown, Victoria

 

Duncan Gordon Cameron (RAAF Flight Lieutenant 287418) and William Thomas Gray (RAAF Flying Officer 287419) were the crew of a Lockheed C-40 aircraft which crashed near Mount Bundy, NT killing all on board, including 10 members of the 49th Interceptors Control Squadron USAAF -

Cpl Bill Bedford / Cpl Tony Gattamelata / PFC Robert George / PFC Nick Hinch / PFC Ray Love / PFC John Faris / PFC Walt Feret / PFC Dick Schmidt / PFC Bulford Wilard / PFC Wyatt Wiley

 

(note: Cameron and Gray were granted their WW2 RAAF commissions after the incident, mainly for repatriation / pension purposes as they were on Defence duty at the time of the loss)

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